People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The fact of the matter is that we're all aging, and there's this stigma that older actresses don't work as much as younger actresses, and I don't think that's true anymore.
Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.
There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.
I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.
Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. Why can't they make a movie about a woman who's forty-five who's falling in love or getting divorced? Why does the leading role always have to be a woman who's twenty-three or twenty-eight?
The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older.
Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger.
There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'